. . . And [please let me rant for a while] Why doesn't this country have free medical insurance for all its citizens ??? What is that ideological secret that this country presumes to understand that the other developed countries, all of which provide free medical care (and decent retirement, child care for working parents and free higher education, also, for that matter), has failed to grasp?
How many dollars could be saved with free insurance, thus preventing much more serious and costly complications later on? I read some time ago of a boy in Louisiana who died of Sepses, the deadly blood infection, because his parents lacked the $86.oo needed to have him treated by a dentist for an abscessed tooth! Aren't economies for the purpose of providing for its citizens and societies a better life? Or, are they ideologies with names that we are to worship and for the purity which the welfare of society's members are to be sacrificed ??? Why are we being crucified on the cross of ideological purity? Why are forced to worship names, rather than working to establish an economyregardless of its labelthat serves the needs of all the people in a just and fair manner? [Thank you for letting me rant for a minute, because I hate, as a citizen of this proud nation, to pay even one dollar for medical services.] Dalton Garis Flushing, Queens New York, USA From: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:59:27 -0700 To: "I.WHIDDETT" <i.whidd...@sky.com>, "<tmic-list@eskimo.com>" <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] From hot, sticky, uncomfortable Essex Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:58:41 -0700 (PDT) > My brother; > > Who lives in Connecticut and has contracted Lyme disease three times, clearly > recalls my getting a tick bite and seeing the tell-tale bull's eye reaction at > the bite site on the back of my leg, typical of Lyme disease. I became sick, > but lacking any medical insurance didn't do anything about it, and eventually > got better on my own. > > Then, years later, I contract slow-onset TM, get very sick, then mostly > recover, with the exception of getting seizures due to an "anomaly" on the > brainstem; plus the usual constant aches, bee-sting pains all over, fatigue > and weakness. I take pregabelin, gabapentin, prozac, and dilation for > seizures. > > My brother is convinced that the TM was caused by the latent effects of > in-dwelling Lyme bacteria, and I am partially convinced by his point of view; > partially, because it was in the Middle East--that caldron of diseases--where > I caught, and was diagnosed as having, TM. It was likely a contributing > factor that could have increased the likelihood of getting TM in the first > place, and also likely changed the nature of my symptoms. That is, I could > have gotten some other bug which, when combined with the Lyme disease > bacteria, led to developing TM (or also could have been MS, for that matter). > > It's getting tricky out there, with a host of new diseases that I cause > on-going infections only partially treated successfully at the time, but I > believe increases the likelihood later on of getting something a lot more > serious like MS, TM, or even that killer ALS. > > Dalton Garis > Flushing, Queens > New York, USA > > > > > > On 7/16/13 5:35 AM, "I.WHIDDETT" <i.whidd...@sky.com> wrote: > >> Hi group, typical Brit, moan about the non-summer, it finally arrives and now >> I'm too hot!! >> >> I've just been reading on Facebook about a little girl in Aberdeen who was >> paralysed from the chest down but after intensive physio has beaten the odds >> and made a good recovery. Brilliant outcome, I think we all especially hate >> youngsters to get this horrible condition. Unusually, they are giving a >> reason for her TM. It seems it was caused by a tick bite. I'm sure I >> remember that someone in this group has blamed a mosquito bite. As though we >> don't hate these bloodsucking pests enough already....! >> >> Iris >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >>
